Alfonso Reyes wayeyimbongi nombhali okwathi wafa ngalolu suku ngo-1959 eMexico City ngenxa yesimo senhliziyo. Uqokwe izikhathi ezinhlanu ukuthola uMklomelo KaNobel kuLiterature futhi wawina umklomelo Imibhalo Kazwelonke eMexico ngo-1945, kodwa wayexhumene kakhulu neSpain. Siyakhumbula noma sithole isibalo sakhe ngalezi zinkondlo ezikhethwe emsebenzini wakhe.
Alfonso Reyes
Ukutadisha Kwesokudla futhi ngo-1909 wasungula i- Intsha yase-Athenaeum kanye nabanye ababhali abanjengoPedro Henríquez Ureña, Antonio Caso kanye noJosé Vasconcelos Calderón. Washicilela incwadi yakhe yokuqala, izindaba zobuhle, lapho ngineminyaka engu-21 ubudala. INguquko YaseMexico yaba inguquko eyamenza wafika eSpain, lapho ahlala khona kwaze kwaba ngu-1924. I-Spanish Philology Magazine, lo I-Western Magazine futhi i Vuselela i-Hispanics. Lapha wazinikezela ezincwadini futhi wazihlanganisa nazo ubuntatheli. Ubuye wasebenza eSikhungweni Sezifundo Zomlando saseMadrid ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaRamón Menéndez Pidal.
Imisebenzi yakhe ihlanganisa izincwadi zezinkondlo, ukugxeka, izindatshana kanye nezikhumbuzo namanoveli.
Alfonso Reyes — Izinkondlo
I-La Habana
Akuyona iCuba, lapho ulwandle luhlakaza umphefumulo.
Akuyona iCuba - uGaugin angakaze ayibone,
uPicasso angakaze akubone,
Lapho abantu abamnyama begqoke ophuzi nocherry
Bazungeza i-boardwalk, phakathi kwezibani ezimbili,
namehlo anqotshiwe
Abasayifihli imicabango yabo.
Akuyona iCuba - lowo wezwa uStravisnsky
Hlela imisindo yama-marimba nama-güiro
Emngcwabeni kaPapa Montero,
I-Ñañigo ngenduku kanye ne-rumbero scoundrel.
Akuyona iCuba - lapho i-Yankee yamakoloni
Uzelapha ekukhanyeni okushisayo ngokuphuza "ama-slushies"
Kuheleza umoya, emathafeni aseduze;
Lapho amaphoyisa abulala amagciwane
Ukulunywa komiyane bakamuva
Basahumza ngeSpanishi.
Akuyona iCuba - lapho ulwandle lubonakala obala
Ukuze impango yaseMaine ingalahleki,
Kanye nosonkontileka woguquko
Idayisa umoya wantambama ube mhlophe,
Fanning, ngokumamatheka umakadebona,
Kusukela esihlalweni sakho esinyakazayo, iphunga
Ezamasiko coconuts nomango.
Usongo lwembali
Imbali kapopi:
ngikhohlise, ungangithandi.
Iphunga elimnandi kangakanani,
ukuthi unamandla kangakanani,
imbali openda imibuthano emnyama
bese uwukhiphela elangeni umphefumulo wakho!
Imbali kapopi.
Omunye wayefana nawe
emahloni okhohlisa ngawo,
futhi ngoba wayenakho,
njengawe, izinkophe ezimnyama.
Imbali kapopi.
Omunye ubefana nawe...
Futhi ngiyathuthumela ngibona nje
isandla sakho usibeke kwesami.
Ukuthuthumela kungase kungasa ngelinye ilanga
lapho usungumfazi!
Ngokuvamile
Kwesinye isikhathi, yenziwe lutho,
i-effluvium iphuma phansi.
Ngokuphazima kweso, kwathi cwaka,
Umsedari uyabubula ngephunga.
Thina sizacile kanjani?
ukuchithwa kwemfihlo,
ngokushesha lapho umphefumulo uphuma
kuphuphuma umthombo wephupho.
Ave kubuhlungu amavila
isizathu lapho, ekuthuleni,
omunye njengokukhanya kwelanga
Kuyangehlisa, enkumbulweni yakho!
Njengoba intambama iyancipha, abangane bayasondela
Njengoba intambama iyancipha, abangane bayasondela;
kodwa izwi elincane alipheli ukukhala.
Sivala amafasitela, iminyango, izivalo,
kodwa iconsi lokuzisola liyaqhubeka nokuwa.
Asazi ukuthi iphimbo elincane livelaphi;
Sasesha ipulazi, isitebele, utshani.
Insimu ilala ekufudumaleni kwelanga elipholile,
kodwa izwi elincane alipheli ukukhala.
-Isondo le-ferris elikhalayo! -sho ezibukhali kakhulu-.
Kodwa awekho amasondo e-ferris lapha! Yeka into eyingqayizivele!
Babukane bamangale, bathule
ngoba izwi elincane aliyeki ukukhala.
Okwake kwaba yinsini manje ukudangala okusobala.
futhi ukungakhululeki okungacacile kuthatha wonke umuntu,
futhi wonke umuntu avalelise futhi abaleke ngokushesha,
ngoba izwi elincane aliyeki ukukhala.
Lapho kufika ubusuku, isibhakabhaka sesivele sikhala
ngisho nezinkuni eziko zenza sengathi ziyakhala.
Sisodwa, singakhulumisani, sikhala kakhulu,
kodwa izwi elincane alipheli ukukhala.
Namuhla sizwile ngembongi
Namuhla sizwile ngembongi:
Phakathi kokukhala kwezitho zomlomo
Futhi ilenga izingalo zezinkanyezi zokugcina,
Wamisa ihhashi lakhe.
Ikamu labesifazane lashaya izandla,
Ukugqoka ama-tortilla ommbila.
Amantombazane aluma iziqu zezimbali,
Futhi abantu abadala bavala ubungane obukhala izinyembezi
Phakathi kweminikelo yokusa yokusa.
Bathwala imicengezi yamanzi;
Nobasi wayezilungiselela
Ukugeza izifuba zabo, amakhanda abo kanye nentshebe zabo.
Ababumbi Babafazi Abayisikhombisa
Basebephulula ojeke abamanzi.
Izingane zezwe ezingenzi lutho
Bakhanyisa ogwayi abade njengezinduku.
Futhi ekuseni umhlatshelo.
Amawundlu abo bonke
Baphonseka becikizekile emapikikeni
Ekukhanyisweni kwezingodo ezinuka kamnandi.
Namuhla sizwile ngembongi,
Ngoba wayelele egibele ihhashi.
Wathi bathwala uNkulunkulu ngezimpondo zabo
Futhi ubusuku bunama roses ane-asidi
Kumakhaphethi okuhlwa okubili.
Indawo yasolwandle iyaqedwa
Indawo yasolwandle isiqediwe:
Kwanele ukwazi ukuthi banemihlane yethu,
Ukuthi kukhona ifasitela elikhulu neliluhlaza
Ukubhukuda kuphi.